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equipment most
having the best broadband
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helped you on your
you can probably imagine!
we couldn’t use engines at temperatures as we were
any point of the journey. So keen to keep the weight
journey?
We were able to access
of course there were times down on the trip, we already
NASA ice charts which was
when we wished we could had the sledge and to keep
James; Probably i’d say
useful as when we were in
just jump in a car! There pumping around extra
BGAN, it’s developed over a
the arctic we were very
were times when we were equipment we very loathe to
laptop and it transmits
worried about how the ice
careful not to leave a carbon do so.
broadband internet directly
was breaking up. It helped
footprint, but also to be
through satellites. It uses a
us keep up with
responsible. Any bottles or
system called INMARSAT
communications and advice
plastics we had were
and it meant we could film
back in the UK.
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